Paul Callaghan

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Sir Paul Callaghan GNZM FRS FRSNZ
Callaghan in 2001
Born	Paul Terence Callaghan (1947-08-19)19 August 1947[1] Whanganui, New Zealand
Died	24 March 2012(2012-03-24) (aged 64) Wellington, New Zealand
Education	Victoria University of Wellington (BSc) University of Oxford (DPhil)
Known for	NMR and MRI research
Awards	New Zealand Order of Merit Rutherford Medal Günther Laukien Prize James Cook Research Fellowship (2008) 2011 New Zealander of the Year
Scientific career
Fields	Physics, molecular physics
Institutions	Massey University
Thesis	Some hyperfine interaction studies using nuclear orientation (1974)
Doctoral advisor	Nicholas James Stone

Sir Paul Terence Callaghan GNZM FRS FRSNZ^[1] (/ˈkæləhæn/ KAL-ə-han; 19 August 1947 – 24 March 2012) was a New Zealand physicist who, as the founding director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at Victoria University of Wellington, held the position of Alan MacDiarmid Professor of Physical Sciences and was President of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance.^[2]